New America Weighs In on Sharing in 42 GHz Band
Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Program at New America, told an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel the 42 GHz band “could be a valuable complement to the Lower 37 GHz band for open, shared and coordinated ……
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deployments,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 23-158. Calabrese was an early advocate of sharing in the band, a topic the FCC is exploring in a June NPRM (see 2305300055). “Common technical rules for those two band segments would provide as much as 1,100 megahertz in highly-localized areas, supporting multiple uses and users,” Calabrese said: The FCC “should include conditions for use of the combined band that avoids warehousing, facilitates more intensive use, and encourages competition. For example, coordination could be by sector (e.g., 30-degree sectors), since directional antennas can accommodate multiple deployments in an area.”